Just curious, why did you get tubular arms for lower? And not the top? Is it
to get rid of the OE sway bar?
Shawn
>From: "BORDER,RYAN (HP-FtCollins,ex1)" <ryan_border@hp.com>
>Reply-To: "BORDER,RYAN (HP-FtCollins,ex1)" <ryan_border@hp.com>
>To: "'oletrucks@autox.team.net'" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>CC: "'mhsmith@fc.hp.com'" <mhsmith@fc.hp.com>, "'kborder@earthlink.net'"
><kborder@earthlink.net>, "'clive_hallat@pairgain.com'"
><clive_hallat@pairgain.com>
>Subject: [oletrucks] Progress Report
>Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 09:00:03 -0800
>
>Since the last update (my all-nighter paint job), the work on the truck has
>consisted of gathering all the requisite bits to assemble my new chassis.
>Quite a while back, I purchased (from a list member) a new (old) frame for
>the truck, with a Mustang2 cross-member welded in, and a narrowed rear
>section. This project has been brewing since. Since the last update, I've
>managed to gather:
>
>for the front...
>Mustang 2 tubular lower A-arms
>OEM Mustang 2 upper A-arms
>OEM Mustang 2 uprights/spindles
>Complete conversion kit to adapt 11" vented rotors and chevy calipers to
>Mustang 2 spindles
>Air-Ride air springs for mustang 2
>OEM Mustang 2 rack'n'pinion steering rack
>Air-ride shocks with mounts
>
>for the back...
>2 15X14 Centerline Convo Pro's with 31X18.5 Hoosier Quicktime DOT tires
>Jegs fully adjustable ladder bars and ladder bar cross-member
>Jegs wishbone track-rod locator
>Air-ride pro-street axle bracketry and under-frame air-springs with mounts
>Air-ride shocks with mounts
>
>And this weekend's big find:
>Ford 9" rear end (out of a lincoln) with large factory disk brakes and
>vented rotors; came with U-joints, brakes, sway-bar, shock-mounts, e-brake
>cables, etc.
>
>The next big project is to get this rear-end all setup. I've determined
>that with the stock task-force step-side rear fenders and my wheel/tire
>combo, that I want the rear narrowed to 44" at the wheel mounting faces.
>That's about 10" a side to lop off this diff. It also has (being out of a
>lincoln) a ridiculously high (2.50:1) gear ratio that will need to be
>changed (maybe to 3.50 or so). Who knows, maybe I'll even find a posi
>pumpkin to drop in there. Lastly, the rotors (hats?) need to be
>re-drilled
>from their current 5 on 5" bolt pattern down to 5 on 4.5".
>
>When the differential is done, then it will be time to start putting this
>thing all together. I still have a few more things to gather (motor mount,
>dual-master cylinder, front sway bar), but it looks like I'm getting close
>to critical mass. With a little luck, I still might get the truck onto it
>this spring/summer. When the assembly begins, I'll be sure to take lot's
>of
>pics and document the progress on a web page.
>
>Wish me luck-
>Ryan.
>the wanna-be rod: http://www.geocities.com/ryan_border/0010rfq.jpg
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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